Sorrell Booke
Also Known As: Sorrel Brooke, Sorrell Brooke
Biography: Sorrell Booke was born in Buffalo, New York in 1930, the son of a local physician. He found his calling early in life, like most actors, when his family encouraged him to entertain relatives by doing impressions and telling jokes. He went on to study at Yale and Columbia University, and mastered five languages. During the Korean War, Booke worked in counter-intelligence where his lingual talents served him well. His intelligence and subtlety are often overlooked when considering his signature role as Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg during his run on The Dukes of Hazzard (1979). He died of cancer in 1994 just after his 64th birthday.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, USA
Birthday: January 04, 1930
Deathday: February 11, 1994
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Gender: Male
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Fail Safe
Overview: Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
Genres: Thriller Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-07
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The Borgia Stick
Overview: A suburban couple discovers that they are pawns for a powerful crime syndicate. They try to break away from the cartel and go legitimate, but the syndicate doesn't want to give them up so easily.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-02-25
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What's Up, Doc?
Overview: The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-09
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Slaughterhouse-Five
Overview: Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-15
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The Iceman Cometh
Overview: Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props everyone up with free drinks and spirited stories of his travels. However, when Hickey does show up this year, it is with a message of temperance and an exhortation to give up hopeless dreams and face reality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-10
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Up the Down Staircase
Overview: Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body and an administration that drowns its staff in paperwork. The following days go from bad to worse as Sylvia struggles to reach her most troubled students.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-06-28
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Freaky Friday
Overview: School girl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel. They both think that the other has an easy life. On a normal Friday morning, both complain about each other and wish they could have the easy life of their daughter/mother for just one day and their wishes come true as a bit of magic puts Annabel in Mrs. Andrews' body and vice versa. They both have a Freaky Friday.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-17
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Joy House
Overview: A small-time con man on the run from the gangster-husband of his girlfriend hides out in a strange, brooding mansion run by two mysterious women, where he finds himself trapped in deception between the two women.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-06-12
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The Pound Puppies
Overview: A female dog from a wealthy family named Violet Vanderfeller is picked up and taken to the city pound, where she meets the gang and discovers their mission of uniting themselves up with homes. The special centers on Violet attempting to reunite with her family, ultimately succeeding.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-26
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Bye Bye Braverman
Overview: One day, Morroe Rieff learns that his friend and fellow writer, Leslie Braverman, has died. After meeting Leslie's widow, Inez, who is more flirtatious than grieving, Morroe joins up with three other writer friends, Barnet, Felix, and Holly to attend funeral services. However, the quartet faces numerous obstacles that could keep them from paying their respects.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-21
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Devil Times Five
Overview: Five extremely disturbed, sociopathic children escape from their psychiatric transport and are taken in unwittingly by a group of adult villagers on winter vacation.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-31
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Black Like Me
Overview: Black Like Me is the true account of John Griffin's experiences when he passed as a black man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Record City
Overview: Lighthearted comedy chronicling the exploits of the employees at a record store.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-08
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The Bank Shot
Overview: A bank temporarily housed in a mobile home while a new building is built, looks like an easy target to break into. On the other hand, why not steal the whole bank, and rob it in a safer location.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-07-31
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Adventures of the Queen
Overview: A madman hijacks the luxury cruise liner, S.S. Queen, and threatens to blow it up unless a millionaire pays him the the contents of a safe deposit box. The crew regains control of the ship, but the hijacker dies, taking the codes to disarm the bomb with him.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-14
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Matchless
Overview: A secret agent possesses a ring that makes him invisible for a short time, once every 10 hours. He is in pursuit of an evil criminal mastermind but, at the same time, must evade an enemy agent who also wants the ring.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-08-13
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Mastermind
Overview: Zero Mostel plays an inspector on the trail of criminals who have captured a robot called Chatze(sp?) played by Felix Silas. The inspector has delusions that he is a great Samurai warrior and the movie flashes back and forth between present day and ancient times.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-03
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Making 'M*A*S*H'
Overview: An in-depth look at the highly successful TV series, including a study of the philosophical approach of the program.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-21
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The Adventures of Nick Carter
Overview: Detective discovers that a colleague's death is tied into the disappearance of a wealthy playboy's wife.
Genres: TV Movie Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-02-20
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Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers
Overview: After the death of Shaggy's Uncle Beaureguard, he, Scooby and Scrappy arrive at the late uncle's Southern plantation to collect the inheritance. But as soon as they arrive, they find it is haunted by the ghost of a Confederate soldier. With this spook on their tails while they solve riddles in search of the inheritance, they seek help from the Boo Brothers, a trio of ghost-exterminators to help catch this nasty ghoul.
Genres: Animation Family TV Movie Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-18
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Dr. Max
Overview: A small-town doctor neglects his family to look after his patients.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-04
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The Take
Overview: A policeman in New Mexico takes payoff money but still manages to go after a racketeer.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-01
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The Cat from Outer Space
Overview: A UFO is stranded on earth and impounded by the US government. Its pilot, a cat with a collar that gives it special powers, including the ability to communicate with humans, has eluded the authorities and seeks the help of a scientist in order to reclaim and repair his ship and get back home.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-09
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The Man Hunter
Overview: A professional hunter is brought in to track a bank robbery suspect through a Louisiana swamp, and winds up getting romantically involved with the suspect's wife.
Genres: Drama Crime Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-20
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Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
Overview: Danny Kaye stars in the Disneyland 25th Anniversary television special with special guest star Michael Jackson, The Osmond’s, Adam Rich, and others.
Genres: Music Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-06
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The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Overview: Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-10-26
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Special Delivery
Overview: A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the robbers, Murdock, makes a clean getaway. Unfortunately, in order to do so, he is forced to dump the stolen cash into a mailbox, which he then finds is locked until midnight, forcing him to wait until the mailman makes his late night pickup. As he waits, he discovers that his hiding place has been observed by several other people, all of whom want a share of the loot.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-16
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The Other Side of Midnight
Overview: When French beauty Noelle Page falls in love with American pilot Larry Douglas, she believes he'll marry her. Instead, he returns to the U.S and marries the sweet but naive Catherine. Even though Noelle has found a new lover, an affluent Greek named Constantin, and has started a great career as an actress, she vows revenge on her onetime lover. But once her plan is in motion, she and Larry fall in love and plot Catherine's death.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-06-08
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Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
Overview: Term-time ends at Acme Looniversity and the Tiny Toon characters look forward to a summer filled with fun. Buster and Babs Bunny turn a water fight into a white-water rafting trip through the dangerous Deep South; Plucky Duck and Hamton Pig share the most impossibly awful car journey imaginable on the way to HappyWorldLand; Fifi's blind date becomes a "skunknophobic" nightmare; and a safari park is turned upside-down by Elmyra's search for "cute little kitties to hug and squeeze".
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-11
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A Fine Madness
Overview: A womanizing poet falls into the hands of a psychiatrist with a straying wife.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-29
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Brenda Starr
Overview: A newspaper reporter trying to track down a hermit-like billionaire goes to the Brazilian jungle, where she finds herself in the middle of an extortion plot, voodoo and supernatural occurrences.
Genres: Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-08
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The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
Overview: Film noir parody with a private eye trying to solve the murder of his milkman.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-07
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Rock-A-Doodle
Overview: Chanticleer is a foolhardy farm rooster who believes his crows can actually make the sun come up and shine. When the sun rises one morning without Chanticleer's crow, he leaves the farm in disgrace and runs off to become a rock 'n' roll singer. But in his absence, a sinister, sunshine-hating owl prepares to take over.
Genres: Comedy Family Animation Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-02
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Gone Are the Days!
Overview: A young, idealistic man returns home to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. With him, he brings his fiance, Lutiebelle, in hopes of convincing the plantation owner that she is really his cousin in order to secure the family inheritance. To aid in the comic complications that follow are his family members Missy and Gitlow, and the plantation owners endearing (but ineffectual) son Charlie.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-08-09
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The Iceman Cometh
Overview: Theodore Hickman, a hardware salesman, makes by-yearly visits to Harry Hope's 1910-era waterfront bar for his periodical drinking binges. But on this visit he has decided to try to save the bar's patrons from their "lying pipe dreams."
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-14
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Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
Overview: While traveling to meet with the Hessian King, the famed Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, travel through an enchanted forest where they find themselves trapped in the world of their fairy tales.
Genres: Fantasy Family TV Movie Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-23
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The Last Angry Man
Overview: In the midst of the Depression, a crotchety doctor, whose practice is in the Brooklyn slums, takes an interest in a local teenager, whose hostility and erratic behavior the doctor believes is due to more than just his environment.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-16
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The Amazing Howard Hughes
Overview: The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-13
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Demon and the Mummy
Overview: The second of two Kolchak: The Night Stalker compilation TV films. It combines two episodes of the Kolchak TV series, Demon In Lace (about a succubus who murders young men to maintain her immortality) and Legacy of Terror (about an Aztec cult that seeks to resurrect their god by murdering physically perfect people) and adds new narration by Darren McGavin.
Genres: TV Movie Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-14
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The CBS Saturday Morning Preview Special
Overview: Scott Baio and Truck Shackley provide a glimpse of CBS's Saturday morning schedule, but they're soon menaced by Boss Hogg and Sheriff Rosco Coltrane.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-14
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